Post-Denominational Lutheranism
By John W. Hoyum
03/20/26
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Post-Denominational Lutheranism

One great thing about our post-denominational age is that it has opened up opportunities to make common cause with other Lutherans who, despite their differences and eccentricities, can agree on some of the most important things.
Getting Over your Pride
Ryan Couch
Ryan Couch
03/19/26

Getting Over your Pride

Pride builds identities that leave no room for grace.
Blessed Beggars
Heather Schulz
Heather Schulz
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Blessed Beggars

We can willingly admit the fact that we're just like tax collectors and thieves.

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Bringing Skin to the Fore: Circumcision and Why God's Manhood Matters

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How a Badger Taught Me That God Has Ears

I didn’t pray for forgiveness, the Holy Spirit, or world peace. All this ten-year-old wanted was a badger. So that’s what I asked for.
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Cobwebbed Beauty

Our hearts are half Amish at times, hankering to live in the past, for we dislike the present or fear the future. But therein lies a grave danger, for nostalgia can easily become the gateway drug to despair.
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Marriage Hymn: “Adam and Eve in Paradise Were Wed”

In Mary’s womb, Christ and His Church were wed; United as one Body and one Head.
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Chad Bird
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Animals Named Adam

Some men work like a horse for they’re greedy as a pig Some are drunk as a skunk for many beers they swig.
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